By now, you probably know that (starting Aug 7) I’m moving my monthly newsletter (All About Thyme) and my blogs (LifeScapes, BookScapes) to Place & Thyme, on Substack. The books and resources will still be right here, of course, and I’ll cross-post here a couple of times a month. But community sharing is easier and more […]

The Real Lolita, by Sarah Weinman I’m not a fan of Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita, although I’ve taught it when it was on a college course book list. If I had to teach it again, I would make The Real Lolita required reading. It puts Nabokov’s book into a newly relevant and important context and raises interesting questions […]